👥Sociology MCQs
Sociology MCQs
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What is defined as ‘non-conformity to a given set or norms that are accepted by a significant number of people in a community or society ?
Acriminality
Bdeviance
Crecidivism
Ddegeneracy
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What is urban recycling ?
Arenovating inner-city buildings for occupation by the middle classes
Ba new domestic waste reduction strategy for inner-city areas
Ccouncils buying up cheap housing to turn into commercial developments
Drefurbishing old buildings and finding new uses for previously used land
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Why does Mike Davis (1990) describe Los Angeles as a city of quartz ?
Ait has more millionaires than any other city
Bit has been hardened against the poor
Cit has been hardened against than any other US city
Dit has a policy of promoting opportunity for all
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Which city is forecast to become the largest megacity by 2025 ?
ANew York
BMumbai
CBeijing
DTokyo
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Social Control theory attempts to explain_____________?
Aconformity
Bcorporate crime
CPsychologically-based crime
Dlower-class crime E. white-collar crime
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What sociological theory of crime and deviance emphasizes sub-cultural belief systems as a major contributor to crime ?
ASocial Control theory
BAnomie theory
CLower Class Focal Value theory
DSocial Process theory E. Strain theory
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According to Strain theory, ____ are those individuals who have traditional success goals but substitute deviant means by which to achieve them ?
Aritualists
Bret realists
Crebels
Dinnovators E. conformists
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Psychological positivism stresses the key role that _______ plays in the development of conformist of criminal belief systems?
Apre-natal nutrition
Bhormones
Cgenetic abnormalities
Dearly childhood E. adolescence
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Conflict theory’s primary suggestion for reducing crime and deviance involves the_____________?
ASubstantial reduction of economic inequality
BSubordination of the agents of social control
Credefinition of acts that are currently defined as criminal
Damelioration of social welfare activities E. repression of lower-class gang activities
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The of “who defines deviance” has principally been addressed by what sociological theory ?
ADifferential Association
BConflict
CPositivism
DSocial Control E. Functionalism